Friday 29 June 2012

The hazards of high blood pressure and diabetes


Diabetes, hypertension is also diabetic patients is very distressed, diabetes and hypertension, both mutual restraint, "working hand in glove", the impact of the diabetic condition is very large, then the hazards of high blood pressure in people with diabetes, what does?
Diabetes mellitus and hypertension on the human body is a very serious threat, they are like the two poisonous vine "Melon", have a common incidence basis, but also influence each other, adding to the occurrence and development of their own complications.
Diabetes, hypertensive patients tend to increase in adipose tissue and muscle content reduction, often accompanied by the phenomenon of dyslipidemia, which makes the blood sugar is not easy to drop to a lower level. The body that maintain normal glucose ex compensatory release more hormones, which can not only promote the synthesis of fat, but also to sodium retention and weight gain, promote or aggravate the occurrence and development of hypertension. The basis of hypertension is atherosclerosis, the artery wall thickening and hardening, lack of flexibility, the artery diameter is smaller, resulting in partial insufficiency, which can cause or aggravate diabetic patients with macrovascular and microvascular complications, increased the occurrence of diabetic condition and the development of high blood sugar will promote the saccharification of some elements in the blood and tissues, in turn, accelerate and increase the hardening of the arteries.
Patients with diabetes mellitus and hypertension, the incidence of adverse events of myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident, much higher than in hypertensive patients without diabetes or hypertension in diabetic patients. The fundus of the diabetic patients with hypertension, kidney, the incidence of neurological complications is far higher than the non-hypertensive patients with diabetes, and the extent of complications is much more serious. If the complications caused by diabetes, hypertension risk as the dangers of the one, then the diabetes mellitus patients with hypertension is not a 1 +1 equals 2, but is much larger than 2, even greater than 4.
Hazards of diabetes mellitus and hypertension is quite large, in the treatment when it is necessary to control blood sugar, but also control blood pressure, both the treatment.